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Mount Boising, Papua New Guinea

Prominence: 3710 m, 12172 ft

Elevation: 4150 meters, 13,615 feet

True Isolation: 148.4 km, 92.21 mi

Name Info

Unofficial Name
Local or Alternate Name(s):
Alternate: Finisterre Range High Point
Alternate: Mount Gladstone

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

-5.95373, 146.37526 (Dec Deg)
5° 57' 13'' S, 146° 22' 31'' E (DMS)
430853 E, 9341871 N, Zone 55 (UTM)

Country

Papua New Guinea

State/Province

Madang

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     Finisterre Range at Mountain-Forecast.com

Ascent Info

Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 5
Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 5)

Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report:

Date	Climber	Type	GPS	TR Words	Link
(2015-08-14)	Woodall, Rob			TR-2694	ii.uib.no
2014-06-25	Bjørstad, Petter			TR-5	ii.uib.no

Peak Lists that contain Mount Boising

     World Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #41)
     World Top 100 by Prominence (Rank #41)
     Australia/Oceania Range3 High Points (Rank #4)
     Ultras of Australia-Oceania (Rank #4)
     Ultras of New Guinea (Rank #2)

Nearby Peak Searches:
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This is the highest point in the remote Finisterre Range of Papua-New Guinea. The first ascent was on June 25. 2014.

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Mount Boising as seen from Sapsap (last camp) (2014-06-25). Photo by Petter Bjørstad.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 3710 m/12,171 ft
  Optimistic Prominence: 3710 m/12,171 ft
  Key Col: 440 m/1444 ft

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 148.4 km/92.21 mi
   Isolation Limit Point: -5.7783, 145.04671
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Wilhelm  (W)

Ranges

Continent: Australia-Oceania
Range2: New Guinea
Range3: Northern New Guinea Coast Ranges (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Bismarck Sea
Pacific Ocean

Solomon Sea
Pacific Ocean

Island

New Guinea

First Ascent

June 25, 2014
Bjørstad, Pål (Norway)
Bjørstad, Petter (Norway)

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